Horseshoe-pad.



PATENTED MAY 19, 1908.

J. H. MOORE.

HORSESHOE PAD.

APPLIOATION FILED 8BPT.Z1, 1901.

one of the UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. MOORE, OF BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HARRY A. POLLY, AND ONE-HALF TO ALONZO E. McBElII, OI" BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN.

HORSESHOE-PAD.

No. 888,450. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 19, 1908.

Application filed September 21, 1907. Serial No. 393,970.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, JAMES H. MOORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bati tle Creek, in the county of Calhoun and State I of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoe-Pads, of l which the following is a specification. I This invention relates to horse shoes, and its object is to equip ordinary standard shoes with pads capable of cushioning the tread of the animal. I It is a further object of the invention to l of the flanges being rounded up into the body, and their inner sides being undercut so as to form a longitudinal, open ended, dovetailed groove or seat upon the under side of the pad. The forward end of the pad is provided with a series of perforations 3 which are located nearer the outer side or convexed edge of the body in front of the flanges and spaced in accordance with the spacing of the nail holes in standard horse shoes.

In practice, as shown in l igs. 1 and 2, wherein a shoe 4 has been shown, the pad is applied to the upper side of the shoe and is slid forwardly upon the heel embody it in the nature of an article of manufacture which is complete in itself and capable of being fitted to any standard horse shoe without making any changes or alterations in the latter whatsoever and without changing the manner of fitting and securing the shoe to the hoof. In this connection, it is designed to produce the pads in lefts and rights and to enable the convenient application thereof to the heel portion of the shoe, and to adapt the pads to be held in place by the nails which are employed to secure the shoe to the hoof.

In the drawings,Figure 1 is a perspec tive view showing a horse shoe equipped with pads of the present invention.

portion thereof so as to receive said heel portion in the groove or seat in the under side of the pad. When the pad is in place its rear'cnd is flush with the rear end of the heel and its nail openings 3 register with the adjacent nail holes of the shoe, so that when the shoe is fitted to the hoof the pad is interposed between the shoe and the hoof and the horse shoe nails pass through the pad and therefore prevent looseness and displacement thereof.

It will of course be understood that the pad is an integral one and is formed of elastically yieldable material, preferably rubber, so as to effectually cushion the tread of the Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross sectional view animal. However, for light driving, for intaken through the pad and the adjacent porstance, on race tracks, I propose to make the tion of the shoe, Fig. 3 is an inverted per- 1 back or body of the pad of canvas, and for spective View of one of the pads. heavier driving I propose to make the back Like characters of reference indicate correof the pad of leather wherever such material sponding parts in each of the several figures is desirable. of the drawings. It will be noted that the pad may be con- As has heretofore been eX lained, the presveniently fitted in place without requiring ent pad is in the nature 0' an attachment, any special preparation of the shoe or the and consists of a body 1 which is fiat upon hoof, and when in place does not in any manopposite sides and is wedge-shaped, being ner discommode the animal. thickest at its rear end and tapering to a rel- While I have shown one embodiment of atively thin edge at its forward end. In admy invention, it will of course be understood dition to its wedge shape, the body is curved I that changes in the form, proportion, size or bowed laterally so as to conform to the and minor details may be made within the configuration of one side of the horse shoe, scope of the claims, without departing from according as it is to be fitted to the right or i the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages left side of the shoe. Depending flanges 2 l of the invention. are provided at opposite edges of the body What is claimed is and extend from the rear end forwardly for As a new article of manufacture, an inteover one-half of its length, the forward ends gral horse shoe pad shaped to lit the heel portion of the shoe, and of a length to overlap In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, one or more of the nail openings of the shoe, in presence of two Witnesses.

the body bein tapered from front to rear upon its top an d bottom faces, and provided JAMES MOORE inits under face with a longitudinal open-end- Witnesses: J

ed, dovetailed seat shaped to fit the heel of D. C. SALISBURY,

the shoe. MAUDE BROWNING. 

